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The Victoria Hotel
I'm trying to find out some information about the hotel. Does anyone know when it closed? I know it was used during the war (World War 2) for the civil service. Did it reopen as a hotel after the war? I think it was demolished in 1970
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Victoria hotel
Originally Posted by
maisie
I'm trying to find out some information about the hotel. Does anyone know when it closed? I know it was used during the war (World War 2) for the civil service. Did it reopen as a hotel after the war? I think it was demolished in 1970
The place it used to sit on is now Flats do remember it was a scruffy place in the end vic dive I think they called it 😳 It probably was a hotel at one time ? Older posters will see this and confirm 😊
Blackys Dad
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My mum worked there for around a year in the early 50's
She doesn't remember much about it apart from it was very boring, compiling information from census forms onto punch cards. Once in work you were locked in for the day! Apparently she was one of the lucky ones, sat by a window where she could look down onto Neville St below.
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Originally Posted by
blackys dad
The place it used to sit on is now Flats do remember it was a scruffy place in the end vic dive I think they called it 😳 It probably was a hotel at one time ? Older posters will see this and confirm 😊
I don't know much about the Victoria Hotel but I do know that the Vic Dive was actually only the Vaults. I went in there once.
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The Victoria / the Vick Dive.
Originally Posted by
blackys dad
The place it used to sit on is now Flats do remember it was a scruffy place in the end vic dive I think they called it 😳 It probably was a hotel at one time ? Older posters will see this and confirm 😊
John James bought it in the 80s,and demolished it it was a listed building you can do anything when you have counselors in your back pocket.
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I have a photo a relative told me was taken in the bar of The Victoria Hotel.
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We used to go in the bar upstairs for a beer on Thursdays before going to the Somewhere Else club across the road. It was very nice with velvet chairs. It was also very quiet ! The Vic Dive downstairs was wild ! Never went in there !
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Originally Posted by
truthteller
John James bought it in the 80s,and demolished it it was a listed building you can do anything when you have counselors in your back pocket.
Maritime Court was built in the early 1970's
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Originally Posted by
Chas King
We used to go in the bar upstairs for a beer on Thursdays before going to the Somewhere Else club across the road. It was very nice with velvet chairs. It was also very quiet ! The Vic Dive downstairs was wild ! Never went in there !
Do you recognise this bar chas?
I think the photo was taken after 1950 and before 1962.
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Went in the vic dive many a time whistling Winnie was always in there
She moved over to one of the three pubs on Eastbank st you could hear her Two pubs away by god she could whistle
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Originally Posted by
Hamble
Do you recognise this bar chas?
I think the photo was taken after 1950 and before 1962.
I do not recognise the bar in the photo ! Was it the Victoria ? It was a long time ago !
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Originally Posted by
Chas King
I do not recognise the bar in the photo ! Was it the Victoria ? It was a long time ago !
I am not sure Chas it was a comment remembered from some time ago.
Found this interesting photo from the internet.
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Originally Posted by
Hamble
I am not sure Chas it was a comment remembered from some time ago.
Found this interesting photo from the internet.
Although it looks familiar I dont know where that is. Interestingly though, the Jaguar Mark 2 parked at the kerb would be a 1967 model or thereabouts.
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Originally Posted by
Hamble
I am not sure Chas it was a comment remembered from some time ago.
Found this interesting photo from the internet.
I remember the steps up to the lounge bar well. I would think that this photo is about 1971 looking at the fashions. The Somewhere Else Club can be seen further down on the LHS with its canopies over the upstairs windows. Sure I used to go out with the girl on the right with the long hair !
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